Just found my photos of my last cat, Stine. I loved her so much, and still miss her dearly. Instead of holding her tail up high, she'd curl it up on her back like an elkhound.
"Police responding to reports of a shotgun blast at a convenience store sounds like the opening of countless American crime movies[...]" No, it sounds like the beginning of a normal day in America.
The sentence I quoted and commented on didn't have anything do to with dogs.